Theory and Computations

Computational/theoretical research complements the experimental effort at the Institute for Shock Physics.

Research activities that take advantage of ISP’s computational facility include:

• Continuum and mesoscale simulations
• First-principles calculations
• Large-scale molecular dynamics simulations (Sandia National Laboratories collaboration)
• Mesoscale simulations of sand penetration
• Chemical reactions in energetic materials
• First-principles based materials discovery and design
• Simulations of interfacial dynamics

High Performance Computers Include:

IBM Cluster – e1350

• 64 compute nodes, with 2 dual core Xeon Processors
  on each node (3.0 GHz, 4 MB, L2 Cache)
• 80 x 12-core AMD 6174 Processors with 40 gbps Infiniband®
• 8 TB GPFS Shared Data Drive
• Infiniband® non-blocking 20 gbps switch
• Separate data storage and management nodes

Photo Credits

NIF Target Capsule (LLNL Photo NIF-1209-18046)

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